THE BRITISH WHIG | 5 I 1m y XN EEublished Lin] "and Semi-Weekly by i WHIG PUBLISHING rs LIMITED . .Presideat | "Editor and * Masaging-Uiretor | TELEPHONES Business Omice . Editorial Rooms . Job Office ...\.... SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) year, Soy in 'olty ton year, If pald in adva year, by mall to rural o yoar to United States (Semi-Weekly Raton) . -33 6.00 Oe 5.00 One One One Froes' SUT. OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES F. Calder, 22 St. John St, F. M Thompaoy, i Bldg. Letters to the Editeur are published only over the actual name of the writer. Job Attached best printing is one of the offices in Canada. ------ The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. PE ------------------------ --------------a NN Credit ig not one of the useful | {ed for relegating to a commission-the | by a One-half of 1 per cent. Ameri- things of life that improve with use. A punster says the city takes what the farmer raises, and that includes | farm help. What this country needs is econ-! omy. Take a taxi and save sole leather. Canada has a few great men these days; the balance of the people are busy getting rich. bad! Mary had a little nb] Too baa y {self merely with delving closely into |the details of the Hydro radial pro- CE S----E------ | Talk that England is a democracy | it was all she could get in a restaur- ant for her small dollar. is evidently bosh. She doesn't permit profiteering in sugar. Hospitality "is the quality whicn enables one to turn his back while a guest pours his own drink. Summer is expected this month. *Fhose who have yet to takewacations hope they will not need blankets. History of ancient Egypt speaks o? the sacred bull. Evidently they knew the political game in those days. The woman orators in the political game will likely be stumped by some heckler, asking, "What is your age?" The great shoe line may become a competitor with gasoline in these times of high prices. The leather ex- press may become highly popular. ' If China gets the revolution habit, she may get enough practice in the art of killing to command the respect of Christian nations. 'Wilhelm is writing a history. This will doubtless take up the works of himself and Gott where the Hebrew chronicler left off. The hotel propgsition is moving along nicely and it looks really a &0, of course, providing the electors will give support in guaranteeing the bonds. They say that 160,000. apartments are urgently needed In New York City. The cory for shelter' in the cities Is increasing. and the wéeds are choking the furrows in 500,000 fields.--Houston Post. Just think of it! The Republi- cans of the United States have dis- covered that Harding is really a com- posite George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley and The- bdore Roosevelt, Undoubtedly the souls of these great men did not go into an ass. A Binghampton man drew a book on training the memory from the public library and returned it witn a $2 bill he had used as a marker between the leaves. That was an ev.- dence that his memory was keen, the money was for keeping the book out longer than he should. How many of us forget to pay up? A popular appeal by display ad- wvertisements in the press is being made by the British government to induce the British people to help pay off England's share of the Anglo- French loan by purchasing savings certificates. "Britain Repays!" is the title on one of these advertisements. "Jn 1915," says this advertisement, "we borrowed jointly with France £100,000,000 in the United States. The loan falls due October next. It has been decided that the whole of the money raised during the next t months by the sale of savings pertiticates shall be devoted to paying Off thig country's share of the loan." aba Montreal | WILL THE UNION STAND 7 In Ontario the farmer and labor | parties have been united since the last provincial election, and propose | to enter the federad field im close alliance by holding joint nominating conventions in the mixed constituen- cies. But how the United Farmers and 'the labor parties are going to agree in dominion polities it is hard for members of the old-line parties to understand. There is not the slight- | est doubt but that the issue in the | next general election will be the | tariff, unless r {herring acrogs the trail and the policy | proclaimed ly the United Farmers is {anything but beneficial to the.city workers, It is claimed that if the farmers platform on the tariff was | ¢arried into effect, the manufactur- | ing industries of Canada would re- | ceive an awful jolt, for many of them | would have to go out of business. If | protection was wiped out entirely, what would happen the workers in | Canada's, factories ? The farmers propose to retain customs duties for revenue purposes only and not for the protection of home industries. How can the rural and urban resi-| dents unite on a matter like that? | .t will be interesting to watch and see how long. the farmer-labor alliance | in 'the federal arena lasts. | appear to be aboiit ag satistactory ds one of these mixed marriages which {are causing so much trouble in | Quebec province. THE HYDRO INQUIRY. There seems to be some misunder- {ers conferred upon the Royal{Com- {mission appointed by the Ontario gov-| |ernment to investigate the Hydro ra- | dial scheme and in some quarters the | Drury government has been condemn- task of arriving at a question of pol- | {icy that these critics claim should! | have been settled by the government | itself. But that | Premier Drury and his associates | propose to do. The premier has de- |clared on several occasions recent- {ly that his government only wants [the commission to give it the facts |in regard to the Hydro scheme--the decision as to what shall be the pos {icy of the government shall be de- | cided by the government itself. The commission is expected to concern it- posals, using all the sources of in- formation available and to prepare a | report that will fully ground. cover duties will end when it has turned over the information that it has been delegated to secure. The Peterboro Examiner thinks, as does the Whig, that Premier Drury has evidently no ity of deciding this vital question and the charge that he has attempted to do so by the appointment of a commission is not only unfair, but untruthful. PURELY SELFISH OPPOSITION. The opposition of Montreal .and New York to the plan to enable ocean-going vessels to reach the Great Lakes is like the dog-in-the- manger fable. They have become |easy ocean connection, and they do {not want other parts to take away anything that would go to them un- der present navigation conditions. But it is doubtful if either Montreal or New York has considered the pro- ject of deepening the St. Lawrence from all points of view. While the ports to the west would benefit very materially, would not both the me- tropolises also gain immensely in- dustrially from the tremendous amount of electrical energy that would be developed from the St. Lawrence water powers? New In- dustrial communities would surely spring up all the way from Kingston to the seaboard, and Montreal ena New York would reap the advantage. Just now New York cannot handle the traffic that seeks outlet through its harbor, and while it wants $100,- 000,000 for improvement of its har- bor facilities, it opposes any plan to improve the natural waterway system of the continent. However, over forty states have demanded the deep- ening of the St. Lawrence and they are determined to squelch the New outlet for the produce of the west must be provided as soon as pos- sible. The St. Lawrence project is not to be denied. It certainly wi. materialize no matter if it does cosy half a billion dollars. The St. Lawrence is the great drainage system of the continent ox North America and with. the Great Lakes extending far into the interior, constitutes the greatest {internal waterway in the world and its devel- opment by reason of the inexhaust- ible riches represented by agricul- tural and mineral wealth of the ter- ritory it serves, will create an epoch of industrial and commercial activ- ity undreamed of in the history of the world. The fullest realization ot this great system as a means of trans- portation is demanded by necessity otherwise the Detroit convention would have resulted differently. While the Amazon, the Nile, the Ganges and the Mississippi are great transportation systems, the St. Law- rence, in addition to carrying the wealth of a continent, will, when her meone tries to draw a | It would | {standing as to the extent of the pow- is precisely what | the | It has nothing to do with the policy of the government and its | intention of dodging the responsibil- | great metropolises because of their | York opposition, for an additional ee he THE DAILY BRITISH lean skipper ¢ or by a 100-proof for~ eign seaman. | waterspowers are converted into elec- trical' energy, be reator ol and engineers predict a phe- 1 growth in the population o! eastern Ontario, pos g into, mi velopmer the -- ee ---- Wonld Kick Them Out. leld Univz It 1s Wi Srnete t urn Yo face Al tied ultimatusm.~ She must sign or ') | pick up her European duds, so to b When | sheaic. If this is the alternativa it life | would be a good thing for Europe if upon | the unspeakable Turk Stalled to sign ike it 1a8 been ac one stops to consider that the of millions will be d the tlow of the river, i a fairy tale rather than t ment of rational and pract As a transportation system fed: by all of the e east of the Rockies, as" north as the Peate River and to the central states and over these will be distributed her burdens from the Atlantic. ' An Unnecessary Request. (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Radical prohibitionists who are complairiing because neither of the pelitical parties inserted a plank in Meir platforms indorsing the Kigh- teenth amendment are unreasonable. They might as well insist that both parties were obligated to insert 'a plank indorsing the Seventeenth, the Sixteenth, the Fifteenth, or any | uther specific amendment. ical men. it will be railways far south lines PUBLIC OPINION Cause and Effect. Rotary and Kiwanis. (Vancouver World) The activities of these bodies, with no personal preferment in view, and no selfish ends to serve, is a most welcome addition to the collective ac- | tivities of the community. In their (Brockville Recorder) | great motto of "Service, mot self The preserving season being on, an | these younger business men will find increase 4n the price of sugar was opportunities in civic and national af- authorized last week fairs, largely in none ontroversial ER --------ca matters, work which will be incalcul- | able help to the whole country. Hard to Learn. (Bostory ny It takes a long tim 10 / 1 arn that | in the general evening-up, iner reased pay costs as much as it comes to. A GOOD SELECTION | Mike Rodden to Coach Rugby Team. The Toronto Argonauts are al- ready looking ahead a couple of { months and quietly preparing for the tall, and will have a strong team in the Big Wour when the Rugby sea- son opens. The coach of the team will be M. J. (Mike) Rodden, the well-known rugby and hockey play- er. He was offered the position seve- ral days ago, and has accepted the: \ offer. Mr. Rodden was trained at Queen's University and did good work on rugby and hockey teams. Argonaut All of One Mind. (Montréal Herald) There are some people who firmly believe that the problem of overcom- ing the high cost of living can be | very simply solved by having every- | body given a bonus of $1,000 from the Federal treasury. They point to {the fact that our legislators were unanimously of the same opinion. | The Test of Truth. (Chicago Daily News) Before believing the report that 5) | fish larger than any wh dle has been seen in the Atlantic, one demands to knew whether the report was made The meaning of "Dr." depends al-| together upom' whether it is placed before or after a man's name. Once expressed, a good Idea is never lost. | | 1 | | | | QUEEN MARY AS DOCTOR OF LAWS. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on Queen Mary at Edinburgh University d-iring the - recent | visit of the Royal Family to S cotland. The picture' shows Her Majesty in the legal mo rtar-board and gown. ~~ auppling Rhymes SUMMER HEAT. Beneath the sun the victim cringes, and mutters, as he mops his face, "It's hotter than the seven hinges --such weather is a rank disgrace." He should in silence smile -and suffer, recalling that the sizzling heat is quite a godsend to the duffer who's raising corn and prunes and wheat. The red hot sun that sears and blisters, and burns the whiskers from his dome, | will bring the farmers and their sisters new clothes when comes the Harvest Home. So that the farmers raise their carrots, what matters it if folks in town | TR ART are baking in their stuffy garrets, until both sides are, | crisp and brown? The heat is good for rye or barley, or Lima beanS§, or peas or straw, and when I seé folks | getting snarley, I think there ought to, be a law. "It's hotter than the gates of Hades," remarks the thought- '| less, locoed loon, regardless of the passing ladies, who ! are so shocked they almost swoon. He cares no hoot for distant grangers, or for the circumstance profound that heat is growing for their mangers the hay that makes the world g0 round. And still the gun rolls on and singes the whisk- ers from complaining man; "It's hotter oy the, seven hinges, " he walls, and plies his pklmleaf fan. : --WALT MASON. USED CARS ALL IN Al SHAPE. One One One 1916 Reo, in Al shape. 1917 Ford Touring, with seat covers. 1917 Ford Touring, with seat covers and bumper. 1916 Ford Touring. One 1916 Ford Touring. One Light Delivery. One Ford Roadster. One Light Delivery, open body. Ford Service Station and Sales Rooms VanLuvenBros. One , WHIG - MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1990, = -------- ROAR lin 1 Sb |BIBBY'S N ly. enced craftsman. SUITS $25.00 SUITS $35.00 'Look Better SUITS $40.00 "We Claim to Have the Best for Less" Looking better is often only a matter of dressing better. Dressing better need not: mean dressing more expensive- Dressing well is a question of style, tailoring, painstaking workmanship, fabric. The highest expression of these features is found in: -- Bibby's Society Brand Clothes In style, master designers keep them the leaders. tailoring cannot be excelled, for it is done by hand by experi- Fabrics are all-wool and are selected for wearing quali- ties as well as for the quality of the wool. At our mid-season prices you cannot afford to wea, clothes of lesser quality. SUITS $45.00 SUITS $55.00 - o The SUITS ~ $62.50 [BIBBY'S ¥ ST ---- CO «The Finest Finished Ranges Sold McCLARY'S GAS RANGES "FLORENCE AUTOMAT IC" OIL STOVES Endorsed by Good House keeping Magazine, BUNT'S King St. Phone 888 Sold in Canada," ati-- Gourdier's For FURS Nuff Said A -------- DAVID SCOTT Plumber ng and Gas Work a speeial- on guaranteed. Address 145 Frontenac street. Phone 1277. G. Hun Agent for: Excelsior Life Assurance Co. Royal Exchange (Fire and Auto- mobile. British Empire Underwriters. Eagle Star & British Dominions. Fidelity (Fire) Underwriters. . Montreal Underwriters Agency. General Accident 'y. Dominion Gresham Guarantee & Casual. In close touch with Mon 1 and Toronto Boe JBrchengen. Phones =: 568 & 1087 $ ®. ~ FARMS FOR SALE A sphndid farm of 267 acres. on § in A owhsub of Kingson; & 160 acres good clay = ation: plenty of wo for fuel and some valuable building timber: an overflowing spring for stock; no pumping; ood fences; no low or swamp find. A farmer with ordinary intelligence and willing to work should be able to pay for th's farm in six or seven years, Price $11,000.00, For, further particulars apply to: T.-J. LOCKHART - . Real Estate and Insurance Clarence Street Kipgston er Ogilvie| to amnounce that our Mr. Me- NAMEE fis back agais in charge [ll | of our Repairing Department, and trust we can give you the old time } that hag made ours a husy shop. Work and prices will be right. McNAMEE & SLACK "PHONE 1217TW. 84 QUEEN STREET J Dainty and serviceable; new shapes and color combinations; 23¢ to $2.00 DIVING CAPS Plain extra heavy ....85¢. to $1.00 WATER WINGS With new Valve ... . 75¢. EAR STOPPLES Prevent water entering ears ...835c. \ DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE PHONE 343 185 PRINCESS STRELT 2 | SUMMER DRINKS ~--LIME JICE GRAPE JUICE --LOGANBERRE JUICH ~ORANGEADE ~--LEMONADE ~--RASPBERRIADRE --GURD'S GINGER ALR ~=GURD'S SODA WATER --GURD"S DRY GINGER ALB =--ADANAC DRY GINGER ALE Jas. REDDEN & to. Phones 20 and 9900 Store closes at 1 pm. Wednesday CHOICE MEATS --Spring Lamb, --Spare Ribs. --Tenderloins. --Pork Sausages. | Choice Western Beef | Daniel Hogan 832 KING STREET Lake Ontario Trout and Whitefish, Fresh Sea Salmon, Had- dock, Halibut and Cod. Dominion Fish Co, Cannan Food Board License 2240 Neo. 9 Coal That Suits The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Celebrated Scranton 'Coal The Standard Anthracite The only Coal handled by Crawford Phone 9. Foot of Nueen Bt. "It's a black busines. bul we treat you white." J Ee SE §